Duke football has made it a habit of locking in the majority of its recruiting classes long before National Signing Day or any of the January official visit weekends arrive. The result, is the ability to place a heavy emphasis on the next year's group of recruits.

Not much of Duke's approach has changed with this recruiting year either. In fact, the Blue Devils' head coach David Cutcliffe made it a point to hit the local roads last Friday to visit some of his top targets in the 2014 class.